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I'm not ignoring the magnitude of the lies, that wasn't raised at all by the comment I replied to. Magnitude when it comes to politicians lying is a tough one
by _heimdall 2y ago
I'm not ignoring the magnitude of the lies, that wasn't raised at all by the comment I replied to.
Magnitude when it comes to politicians lying is a tough one to pin down though, its pretty subjective. I took huge issue with many of the lies being shared by the white house during Civic, for example, but many (most?) don't agree and may not even agree they should be considered lies given what we may presume was known st the time.
- acdha 2y agoWhen you say it’s “just politics”, you’re removing a sense of proportion which serves the interests of the biggest offenders. Nixon and Obama both broke laws, but stating it like that obscures the fact that one of them threatened the American system of government and the latter deprived the city of Somerville of parking ticket revenue.
- _heimdall 2y agoWe're talking past each other a bit here. I was replying to a comment taking issue with lies being told to appeal to voters. I didn't raise severity or magnitude of lies because that was off topic. Comparing magnitude of a lie is hard. You first need to define a baseline to compare against, then you need to define the metrics you argue are relevant to measure severity of the lies. Talking about how obvious the lies are may be easier. Plenty of the things Trump says can be disproven very quickly, or are themselves logically inconsistent.